Leader in Technical Computing Set to Reshape Product Design by
Offering Open and Complete CFD Solution

FREMONT, Calif. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — August 15, 2011 —
SGI
(NASDAQ:
SGI), a trusted leader in technical computing, today announced
that it has completed the acquisition of OpenCFD Ltd., the leader in
open source computational fluid dynamics.

“Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is one of the most important
application areas for technical computing,” said SGI CEO Mark J.
Barrenechea. “With the acquisition of OpenCFD Ltd., SGI will be able to
provide our customers the market’s first fully integrated CFD solution,
where all the hardware and software work together.”

OpenCFD is the leader in open source CFD software and has a large,
active user base across commercial engineering, science and the public
sector. OpenCFD is the developer of the OpenFOAM® software,
consisting of over 80 solver and 170 utility applications – solving
anything from complex fluid flows involving chemical reactions,
turbulence and heat transfer to solid dynamics and electromagnetics.
Customers benefit from the fact that OpenFOAM is an open platform and
offers them immediate access and freedom to customize and extend its
existing capabilities.

“We are excited to be part of SGI and now be able to take OpenFOAM to
the next level,” said Henry Weller, founder of OpenCFD. “OpenFOAM is the
highest quality code available for CFD. The open source model provides
customers with the code transparency and the full view into the inner
workings of the software they need to have confidence in the results,
particularly when they perform safety calculations for projects such as
nuclear reactors or aircraft design.”

CFD is accelerating product design and development across multiple
industries by eliminating the need to build expensive physical
prototypes. Using CFD, companies can model and simulate the interaction
of liquids and gases with solid surfaces, addressing one of the key
challenges in creating almost any product, from bikes to airplanes,
propellers to turbines, or from potato chips to silicon chips. Companies
worldwide are creating the future on SGI systems, and by providing an
open platform for CFD, SGI is making CFD available to all product
engineers around the world.

“TotalSim believes that the acquisition of OpenCFD by SGI and the
formation of the OpenFOAM Foundation will provide the long-term
stability, resources and structure for the continued success of
OpenFOAM,” said Rob Lewis, managing director at OpenCFD customer
TotalSim. “TotalSim is looking forward to continuing the relationship
through SGI and working together to further expand the use and benefit
of OpenFOAM to the engineering community.”

“In terms of cost, OpenFOAM dramatically lowers the barrier of entry to
world class CFD software,” said John O. Hallquist, president of
independent software vendor Livermore Software Technology Corporation.
“By their investment in OpenFOAM, SGI now has the potential to
significantly expand the CFD marketplace, not only to existing users,
but to new users. This is truly an exciting development.”

The entire OpenCFD team, led by Henry Weller, has joined SGI as
full-time employees and will be based out of SGI’s EMEA Headquarters
located in the UK. In addition, SGI has formed a non-profit foundation
to make OpenFOAM accessible to everyone and allow for community
contributions. SGI is fully committed to the continued development of
OpenFOAM, which will continue to be open under the GNU Public License
(GPL). The company invites every scientist, developer, engineer and
student working in the field of CFD to join the OpenFoam community,
download the software for a test drive and to make their own
contributions.

“OpenFOAM has built a strong following as an open source CFD solution,”
said Steve Conway, IDC research vice president for HPC. “SGI aims to
give the free, open source version a permanent home where it can
flourish, while adding a fee-based version with even fuller features and
tighter integration with SGI offerings. This would be a win-win.”